It starts with a corset and ends with a contract. Bridgerton sells us candlelit longing, but the real cliffhanger happens off-screen: who’s earning what—this year, not last—and how a Regency romance morphs into modern cash flow. Forget tidy net-worth guesses. The real game is seasonal pay + brand power + scarcity plays, stitched into fortunes that rise (and sometimes dip) as the spotlight moves.

On paper, TV salaries look simple: a per-episode number multiplied by eight.
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